Men and Shopping
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Men and Shopping
www.anglophonie.fr page 1/2 Men and Shopping (Ello.org, 2012) http://www.elllo.org/english/1051/1076-Diego-MenShopping.htm#.UIA3TR-vH9o.email Silvia: So Diego, you've asked me about shopping, but what about you? Diego: I think (that) now that I have to pay for everything myself, I'm a much more conservative shopper so I only buy strictly what I need. Silvia: And that's all. Diego: I think so, yes. Silvia: But do you have anything that you cannot resist not buying? Diego: Well, I try to save most of my money because I like to travel. So instead of going shopping, I try to save as much as I can, and then when I'm travelling, I can do whatever I want and worry less about money, so that's where ... I mean if I have to say, like, what is the thing I shop the most, I would say it's trips. Like, I spend most of my disposable income in travels. Silvia: Oh ok. That's weird because you know I had a boyfriend. He loved to shop. He would shop more than I, I think. Yeah. Diego: Wow! Silvia: He’s really good at shopping. We would go to a store, and I really take my time and he will just point, like, just this, this, this, this. Try it on. And they will fit and they were nice. Ok. Let's go. He was experienced at shopping. What do you think about that? Diego: Wow, well, I think it's a very bad combination because if you're a big shopper and he's a big shopper, you're a bigger shopper together. Silvia: I know. Actually, everyone used to bother us. We were studying in Austria for two months and every time we went out just to the store to get, I don't know, milk or whatever, we will end up coming back with bags of stuff. We would just go out for walking around, and every time we ended up with some I dunno, bags from shopping. Diego: Yeah, and you know, shopping is like a really bad cycle because once you buy something you have to buy another thing, and then another thing, and another thing. Like, if you buy a new computer, you need a new mouse, and then you need a new webcam, and the big speakers and so on and I think with girls it's the same thing. Silvia: But with clothes. Diego: Yes, but with clothes. Silvia: We need the bag and the shoes and the belt. Diego: And one thing gives you another excuse to buy another thing. Silvia: Exactly, yeah, that happens to me often actually. Diego: OK, maybe you should stop using your credit cards. Silvia: Yeah, maybe. page 2/2 Vocabulary 1. strictly 2. you cannot 3. to save 4. instead of (+ verb ING) 5. disposable income 6. that’s weird 7. take my time 8. to point 9. try it on 10. everyone used to bother us 11. to get milk 12. or whatever 13. we will end up coming back 14. bags of stuff 15. for walking around 16. I ‘dunno’ 17. speakers 18. and so on 19. the belt uniquement, exclusivement = you can not / can’t économiser au lieu de revenu disponible (fam.) c’est bizarre prendre mon temps pointer du doigt essaie le/la tout le monde nous embêtait pour acheter du lait ou peu importe, ou n’importe quoi (correction: we would end up..) on finissait par revenir avec… des sacs de trucs (better English: to walk around) nous promener = I don’t know écouteurs et cetera la ceinture